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aig has repaid the loan and is now running a think you ad campaign aimed at both elected officials and taxpayers. in my opinion a aggie board and management may be on the verge of what would be a disastrously stupid decision. i have some advice for management and the board. it's time to just say things and move on. and the yield on the 10-year treasury slipping. turning to the economy and the markets, next guest is optimistic that our economy can cope with, well, even the folks that we send to washington d.c. joining me now is the chief u.s. economist for ubs investment research. good to have you with us. >> glad to be here. lou: happy new year to you. with that the underpinning of optimism here, you kind of have to scratch your head when you think that we have not had a budget for over 1300 days out of the senate. still trying to negotiate a resolution, sequestered, and we are not quite sure what they did with the fiscal cliff. help us out here. >> well, first of all, fortunately, the players in the u.s. economy, the businesses, consumers have their act together a lot more than the po
aig has repaid the loan and is now running a think you ad campaign aimed at both elected officials and taxpayers. in my opinion a aggie board and management may be on the verge of what would be a disastrously stupid decision. i have some advice for management and the board. it's time to just say things and move on. and the yield on the 10-year treasury slipping. turning to the economy and the markets, next guest is optimistic that our economy can cope with, well, even the folks that we send to...
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. >> do you city as more of a set up for the elections in 2014 and 2016? >> in part. the white house will try to hit a sweet spot with whatever policy proposals they come up with. they want something that is moderate enough and in certain ways minor enough that it has a chance of passing the senate and the house. also something that seems reasonable enough that in the fairly high likely scenario that is doesn't pass, they can take it to the public in 2014 and 2016 and say here's another example of republicans. what's on the table seems to be a combination of tougher background checks and the ban on high capacity magazines and so on. charles and i probably agree that both are unlikely to make a big difference in terms of gun violence. the background check legislation is in certain ways more promising than the ban on assault weapons and a lot of liberals are interested in. we had a ban on assault weapons that had no impact on the crime rate. background checks and waiting periods may not impact the murder rate, but have an impact on the suicide rate. charles mentioned th
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since the election there has been newtown. and the way they have responded to newtown has been widely derided, even by the political right as just nuts, as ridiculous. "nra loon in bizarre rant over newtown." that was "the new york post," which is not to be confused with something like "mother jones." that's the right. wayne lapierre proposing more guns in school as a solution to gun violence. saying guns are not the problem, hollywood is the problem. hollywood glorifying gun violence, that's the real problem, america. and at the same time that wayne lapierre was blaming hollywood glorifying gun violence for violence in this country, the national rifle association at its headquarters, at its national firearms museum was reupping its exhibit to show how much the nra loves hollywood guns. this is the kind of behavior that might pass muster for some sort of club that exists simply to comfort and entertain its own members in private. this is not the behavior of a political group that expects to be taken seriously in politics, expe
since the election there has been newtown. and the way they have responded to newtown has been widely derided, even by the political right as just nuts, as ridiculous. "nra loon in bizarre rant over newtown." that was "the new york post," which is not to be confused with something like "mother jones." that's the right. wayne lapierre proposing more guns in school as a solution to gun violence. saying guns are not the problem, hollywood is the problem. hollywood...
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. >> do you see this as more of a setup for the elections in 2014 and 2016? >>n part. i think the white house is going to try to hit a sweet spot on this. they want something that is sort of pod rat enough and in certain ways minor enough that it has some actual chance of passing the senate and the house and something that seems reasonable enough that in the fairly high likely scenario that it doesn't pass, they can take it to the public in 2014 and 2016 and say, here is another example of republican intransigence. what's on the table right now seems to be some combination of tougher background checks, the ban on high capacity magazines you mentioned and so on. i think that charles and i probably agree that both of those are unlikely to make a big difference in terms of gun violence overall. i think the background check legislation is in certain ways more promising than the ban on assault weapons that a lot of liberals are interested in. we had a ban on assault weapons and it had no discernible impact. they might have impact on the shooting. some is accidental violence
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other sports news for the eighth time in history, no one was elected to the national baseball hall of fame this year. the baseball writers association said no to barry bonds, roger clemens, mark mcgwire and sammy so sosa. those are some of the biggest names in baseball history, but all allegedly cheated by using performance enhancing drugs. earlier, don lemon asked former cincinnati reds superstar pete rose, himself banned from the hall of fame for gambling. his thoughts on the hall of fame shutout, and the odds that one day he might be inducted. >> as far as the guys you mentioned, with the exception of clemmens, because he's a pitcher, wouldn't it be nice if you could interview babe ruth? roger maris, hank aaron? those are the guys who lost their records because of the suspension of steroids, not -- i don't know if i'll get in trouble for this, i have to defend roger clemmens in this. the reason i have to defend him is because until this day, he says he didn't take steroids, and he's never flunked a drug test, and he went in front of two different courts and they both ruled in favor
other sports news for the eighth time in history, no one was elected to the national baseball hall of fame this year. the baseball writers association said no to barry bonds, roger clemens, mark mcgwire and sammy so sosa. those are some of the biggest names in baseball history, but all allegedly cheated by using performance enhancing drugs. earlier, don lemon asked former cincinnati reds superstar pete rose, himself banned from the hall of fame for gambling. his thoughts on the hall of fame...
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>> today, we are aware of there are still 166 prisoners in that prison, four years after obama got elected, when he promised to close guantanamo within a year. >> reporter: one by one, organizers read the names of detainees and demanded an end to the camp, the use of drones, and war. >> where is the justice? why don't we have justice in this country? it's hard for me to be a citizen in this country, more and more as the years go by. >> reporter: the protest drew the attention of passers-by. >> i'm not really surprised. personally, i agree with the message. >> reporter: today's protest is part of an ongoing protest against guantanamo bay. code pink says they will continue to hold similar protests every month until the camp is closed. we're live in san francisco, christien kafton, ktvu channel 2news. >>> there are some surprising convicted killers serving time on san quinton's death row, who are considered low risk. the most notable, perhaps, is 78-year-old charles manson. the chronicle reports the prisoner's age, conduct behind bars, and the number of years since the last arrest all play a
>> today, we are aware of there are still 166 prisoners in that prison, four years after obama got elected, when he promised to close guantanamo within a year. >> reporter: one by one, organizers read the names of detainees and demanded an end to the camp, the use of drones, and war. >> where is the justice? why don't we have justice in this country? it's hard for me to be a citizen in this country, more and more as the years go by. >> reporter: the protest drew the...
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. >>> the approval rating for our elected representatives in washington is standing at 14%. 81% disapprove, that is an improvement from august at 10%. the brother of ailing venezualen president, chavez, has benot be seen in public for a month now. >>> tomorrow marks 1 year since the luxury coaruise ship ran aground survivors are pushing for changes so that a tragedy like theirs will never happen again. miguel marquez reports. [ screaming ] . >> a world turned up side down. a luxury cruise liner strikes a massive rock. it shudders to a stop, begins listing heavily and starts to sink. >> the fear that was basically, terrifying, because especially what really terrified is, well how -- when panic started -- >> this couple and their two daughters were among the 4200 plus, passengers and crew on board the costa concordia, they said their goodbyes thinking they would die. it was found that the captain did not order abandon ship in a timely manner. >> if they trained the personnel, and gave the word, everyone wanted to get on the life boats, i guarantee you that everyone would have sur viv -- d ha
. >>> the approval rating for our elected representatives in washington is standing at 14%. 81% disapprove, that is an improvement from august at 10%. the brother of ailing venezualen president, chavez, has benot be seen in public for a month now. >>> tomorrow marks 1 year since the luxury coaruise ship ran aground survivors are pushing for changes so that a tragedy like theirs will never happen again. miguel marquez reports. [ screaming ] . >> a world turned up side...
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he was a rumored pick for the job when obama was first elected in 2008, but was forced to withdraw from consideration amidst protests over his role at the cia under the bush administration. brennan has publicly supported this tsa's policies of so- called enhanced interrogation techniques and extraordinary rendition. he was the first obama administration official to publicly confirm drone attacks overseas and to defend their legalities. war on expected nominations of chuck hagel and john brennan after the headlines. the obama administration reportedly is considering keeping a residual force between three and 9000 troops in afghanistan after the formal withdrawal date of 2014. the wall street journal cited the new figures after previous reports suggested the u.s. is mulling a troop deployment of up to 20,000. bahrain top court has upheld the convictions of 13 opposition leaders on allegations of plotting to overthrow the u.s.- backed regime. the activists were sentenced by military court in 2011, eight of them to live behind bars after leading massive protests against bahrain's sunni mona
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he's the first iraq war veteran elected to congress. and nia malika henderson, first, let me thank you both for being here tonight. congressman, you've been long for a pullout. we should have never extended it. what's your reaction of speeding up the withdrawal of u.s. troops? >> reverend, today is a great day for the american troops, but also to our country. the fact that the president's been very clear, we're accelerating the fact that we're bringing our troops home. thank goodness. we are shifting to a counter terrorism doctrine. we are bringing our troops home because they did their job. they took out bin laden. the longest war in american history, over ten years time, are coming home. i gave president obama credit because he had the guts to do the right thing. president obama did the right thing for american security and american troops. >> it is to wish that they would have never gone this far and would have to give him credit. when you look at the fact that the numbers behind the afghanistan war is astounding. they are 11.3 years
he's the first iraq war veteran elected to congress. and nia malika henderson, first, let me thank you both for being here tonight. congressman, you've been long for a pullout. we should have never extended it. what's your reaction of speeding up the withdrawal of u.s. troops? >> reverend, today is a great day for the american troops, but also to our country. the fact that the president's been very clear, we're accelerating the fact that we're bringing our troops home. thank goodness. we...
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especially when you attack people in power, billionaires, politicians, elected officials, we should have all the freedom in the world, especially in those areas. >> are you done? >> maybe. >> don't hurt yourself getting off your high horse there -- >> come on, don. this is my career! it's all i've got. >> thank you, dean. >>> up next, our moment of the week. and it is a pretty one. >>> before we go tonight, i want to point out something that happened just a few days ago. something that involves my industry, live television. a guy went on television and did something that he is paid to do, he called it as he saw it. talking about legendary sportscaster brent musburger. his network issued an apology on his behalf. here's why. during the football game, he was calling the game and the camera found this lady, katherine webb, who is dating the crimson tide player quarterback. brent musburger said this, quote, wow, i'm telling you, you quarterback, you get all the good-looking woman, what a beautiful woman. whoa. so if you're a youngster in alabama, start getting the football out and throw it a
especially when you attack people in power, billionaires, politicians, elected officials, we should have all the freedom in the world, especially in those areas. >> are you done? >> maybe. >> don't hurt yourself getting off your high horse there -- >> come on, don. this is my career! it's all i've got. >> thank you, dean. >>> up next, our moment of the week. and it is a pretty one. >>> before we go tonight, i want to point out something that...
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he was a rumored pick when obama was first elected in 2008, but forced to withdraw from consideration amid protests over his role at the cia under george w. bush. brennan had publicly supported the ca's policies of so-called enhanced interrogation techniques and extraordinary rendition. joining us by videostream is marcy wheeler, investigative blogger who is written extensively about john brennan. she writes the website and joins us from michigan. tell us to john brennan is. >> if barack obama had the equivalent of a dick cheney, someone who is involved in all of the national security decisions, is the last person to speak to obama before he makes these decisions, if we trust him, if we believe he actually asks obama decisions, the one to a centralized almost all of these decisions in terms of, it would be john brennan. and obama's first term, brennan has been the one who has been at obama's side for all of these national security decisions. >> i want to turn to his remarks last may when john brennan publicly confirmed the united states has used drones to conduct targeted killings ove
he was a rumored pick when obama was first elected in 2008, but forced to withdraw from consideration amid protests over his role at the cia under george w. bush. brennan had publicly supported the ca's policies of so-called enhanced interrogation techniques and extraordinary rendition. joining us by videostream is marcy wheeler, investigative blogger who is written extensively about john brennan. she writes the website and joins us from michigan. tell us to john brennan is. >> if barack...
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. >> ross, do you see this more as a setup for the elections in 2014 and 2016? >> i think so in part. i think the president will have something that is sort of moderate enough and in certain ways, you know, minor enough that it has some actual chance of passing the senate and more importantly the house. something that seems reasonable enough that in the fairly high likely scenario that it doesn't pass, they can take it to the public in 2014 and honestly what's on the table right now seems to be some combination of tougher background checks. i think that, i mean, charles and i probably agree that both of those are unlikely to make a difference in terms of gun violence. i think the background legislation in certain ways is more promising than the band on the a sult weapons. we had a ban on assault weapons and it had no crime rate. braunt checks and waiting a period might not impact the murt der rate but the issue of shooting is going up. some of that is accidental violence and it rises in suicide rates particularly since the great depression. if you delay and make
. >> ross, do you see this more as a setup for the elections in 2014 and 2016? >> i think so in part. i think the president will have something that is sort of moderate enough and in certain ways, you know, minor enough that it has some actual chance of passing the senate and more importantly the house. something that seems reasonable enough that in the fairly high likely scenario that it doesn't pass, they can take it to the public in 2014 and honestly what's on the table right now...
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president obama even used reddit to reach more than 5 million voters in his re-election campaign. most of them young people. in his short live, he became a folk hero, pushing to make web content free. but with prosecutors pressing serious charges, schwartz hanged himself friday in his brooklyn apartment. his lawyer said he doesn't know what put him over the edge, but the notion of prison time had him deeply worried. >> i know this case was weighing heavily on his mind and was a significant source of stress for him. >> the freedom to connect, like freedom of speech or like the freedom to murder. >> the case stemming from schwartz's passionate believe for a wide open, free internet. it dates back to july 2011 when he was indicted on charges of stealing millions of academic articles and journals from a digital archive at m.i.t. the charges could have landed him in prison for up to 35 years along with a million dollar fine. >> i think they tried to turn a mole's hill into a mountain. in the kind of old time language. they really tried to make a federal case out of it. >> the archive n
president obama even used reddit to reach more than 5 million voters in his re-election campaign. most of them young people. in his short live, he became a folk hero, pushing to make web content free. but with prosecutors pressing serious charges, schwartz hanged himself friday in his brooklyn apartment. his lawyer said he doesn't know what put him over the edge, but the notion of prison time had him deeply worried. >> i know this case was weighing heavily on his mind and was a...
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voter to run all that down for you. >>> well, baseball hall of fame voters pitched a shutout this week electing no one to join the elite in cooperstown. first time since 1996. a lot of new names on the ballot from the so-called steroids era. like barry bonds, mark maguire who broke some of the league's greatest records and linked to performance-enhancing drugs. terrance moore is here to talk about, a hall of fame voter. >> yes, sir. >> so are you glad people like bonds, sosa didn't get in? >> i'm elated. i didn't vote for of these knuckleheads that used steroids. drew, on the hall of fame ballot it says you must consider integrity and character. that's integrity and character, doing that, and the one thing that makes my head want to explode which is would be an ugly sight, what about the bad guys in the hall of fame? >> first of all, i wasn't voting back then and second of all with that sort of logic you wouldn't have a third of u.s. presidents in the history books with the slavery things and some of the bad things hearing about lately. >> did that ballot always have the clause? >> since 1936.
voter to run all that down for you. >>> well, baseball hall of fame voters pitched a shutout this week electing no one to join the elite in cooperstown. first time since 1996. a lot of new names on the ballot from the so-called steroids era. like barry bonds, mark maguire who broke some of the league's greatest records and linked to performance-enhancing drugs. terrance moore is here to talk about, a hall of fame voter. >> yes, sir. >> so are you glad people like bonds,...
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. >> certainly political capital spent from getting re-elected to a second term. gregory, i want to show everybody the letter that ed mentioned that was sent to president obama on friday. in part saying, we believe you must be willing to take any lawful steps to ensure that america does not blake its promises and trigger a global economic crisis. without congressional approval, if necessary. basically recommending the 14th amendment. >> i think two important points here. one, we must emphasize, we're not talking spending here. this is not the regular gop line about cutting spending. we're talking about paying bills that have already -- we've already occurred here. i think for them to play games like this on playing bills is a total height of irresponsibility. secondly, the ramifications of it. i think what the president should do today is not only reaffirm the line in the sand, jay carney and others have set, and the president said he's not negotiating on this, but also say to the public, what this will mean in terms of our global standing, what would be the ramif
. >> certainly political capital spent from getting re-elected to a second term. gregory, i want to show everybody the letter that ed mentioned that was sent to president obama on friday. in part saying, we believe you must be willing to take any lawful steps to ensure that america does not blake its promises and trigger a global economic crisis. without congressional approval, if necessary. basically recommending the 14th amendment. >> i think two important points here. one, we...
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i was told not to said that before the election. they said, can you wait until the last date before someone can file a primary challenge. i said, no. they sent me back to have this privilege to serve. revenue has to come up. expenses have to come down. ost: you did not re-sign the grover norquist pledge. guest: i don't think the pledge is good for our nation. i respect those with whom i disagree with then my conference and across the aisle. i am a data-driven person. i do not think the data supports this. it was lower than the overall level of spending we agreed to spend as republicans. that is what i call a structural defect in our platform. host: i want to give you a chance to talk specifics. we have a tweet. guest: sure. i am proud of our conference and on that point in particular. we grabbed the third rail of politics. i was waiting for my democratic friends to join us. i believe we're all americans and we will make the right decisions. we put out the ryan plan. it takes 24 years to balance the budget. there is not a democratic
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. >> reporter: newly elected councilman noah guy yeah says it's time to get tough. >> we have had too many incidents so we need to be more action oriented. >> are you talking curfews? >> whatever tools he needs whether it's a curfew, stop and frisk, we need to deal with it. >> reporter: exactly how oakland with do that remains to be seen. as far as a state of emergency or national guard it wasn't practical because it won't last. states of emergency only last for a certain period of time. second of all, politically, it would have been a black eye for the city of oakland and one they are not ready to take. in oakland, phil matier, cbs 5. >> coming up at 6:00 the man tap to turn the oakland police department around has his ideas on how to curb the violence. why his plan may be met with stiff opposition, at 6:00. >>> in larkspur a 150-foot tree fell down hitting utility lines and smashing into a house across the street. it happened at around 11:30 this morning on the 300 block of baltimore avenue in the madrone canyon area. the huge redwood caused significant damage to the second story of
. >> reporter: newly elected councilman noah guy yeah says it's time to get tough. >> we have had too many incidents so we need to be more action oriented. >> are you talking curfews? >> whatever tools he needs whether it's a curfew, stop and frisk, we need to deal with it. >> reporter: exactly how oakland with do that remains to be seen. as far as a state of emergency or national guard it wasn't practical because it won't last. states of emergency only last for a...
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if they're ever going to win a national election again. why would you get angry at somebody trying to help you overcome something that is defeating you? >> and why get angry at someone that is so well respected in the country and is trying to shepherd your party into a new era. president obama won with a new majority. he won among women, asians, blacks, latinos, young people. what colin powell is trying to shepherd the republican party and say you can't dress it up. you can't put four or five people in front of the camera and call yourself diverse. not only does the republican party have a problem with diversity, they also have an authenticity problem. people would scratch their head and say are you being sincere? and colin powell is trying to lead that way. and he's not the only one within the republican party. look at jeb bush doing the same thing safing you need to change. and there's plenty of women that are elected to congress right now that are basically republican women trying to do the same thing. you have to change and modernize w
if they're ever going to win a national election again. why would you get angry at somebody trying to help you overcome something that is defeating you? >> and why get angry at someone that is so well respected in the country and is trying to shepherd your party into a new era. president obama won with a new majority. he won among women, asians, blacks, latinos, young people. what colin powell is trying to shepherd the republican party and say you can't dress it up. you can't put four or...
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. >> i called it a day of infamy, al elects. here is my point. it bugs me as a white guy to be blunt about it, i think it's an embarrassment to white people as well as a travesty in our country generally that people engage in this crap at this point in our history. when we do have an african-american president, ought to be proud of the damn fact instead of going in the other direction. what i can't believe is the people i talk to say what are you talking about matthews? we're not engaging in race-baiting. you're hearing something here. and that's what really bugs me about people that don't want to hear for some sick reason, don't want to hear what's going on here, and thank god colin powell finally came out and called out these guys like reince priebus the head of the party. he didn't call him by name. he was a gentleman, although i don't know why he was. i would have called out sarah palin. i'd have called out sununu. these are names of people that use that rotten language. >> and the list goes on, right, chris? rand paul -- >> donald trump. >>
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we had the election. the elections have consequences. that's not a joke. in this case, these consequences are extremely important to the debt future of the country. should. lead more -- should the president lead more? bill clinton did. it is a problem. remember, congress has to vote for every spending bill. it also has to vote to increase the debt ceiling. the president does not empower through the constitution to do those things unilaterally. host: explain wha the by policy -- what the bipartisan policy center is. guest: >> we are in washington, d.c. and we are bipartisan and not nonpartisan. we have democrats and republicans, former senators, former congressman, but mostly a lot of very senior staff who used to work for the white house and the senate and house. it was started by four former majority leaders of the u.s. senate, tom-0, howard baker, bob dole, and george mitchell. it is devoted to doing very intensive work and analytical work, then making recommendations on problems that are relevant right now legislatively. so we don't think about 45 years
we had the election. the elections have consequences. that's not a joke. in this case, these consequences are extremely important to the debt future of the country. should. lead more -- should the president lead more? bill clinton did. it is a problem. remember, congress has to vote for every spending bill. it also has to vote to increase the debt ceiling. the president does not empower through the constitution to do those things unilaterally. host: explain wha the by policy -- what the...
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usually that first year after an election is negative. why this year all of a sudden are you changing your tune about the dynamics of the market? >> history is a great guide. i usually start off with history to get a great idea with what may happen going forward. we just hit an all year high in the s&p 500, yet we are still in the water of a bear market perspective. what happened to the market 12 month later. not a lot of observations, only four of them, you have to take the numbers with a grain of salt. cheryl: you are more bullish because of the numbers you see and history, but, at the same time, there are a lot of unknowns. we are already worried about what that will do to confidence. there is worry that consumer spending will drastically pull back because of the payroll tax holiday. all of that could be a negative and companies forecast which could still be a negative for the company's first-quarter earnings season. >> i think that is why we are not overly bullish on 2013. we still think that the opportunities are out there. we have h
usually that first year after an election is negative. why this year all of a sudden are you changing your tune about the dynamics of the market? >> history is a great guide. i usually start off with history to get a great idea with what may happen going forward. we just hit an all year high in the s&p 500, yet we are still in the water of a bear market perspective. what happened to the market 12 month later. not a lot of observations, only four of them, you have to take the numbers...
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especially when you attack people in power, billionaires, politicians, elected officials, we should have all the freedom in the world, especially in those areas. >> are you done? >> maybe. >> don't hurt yourself getting off your high horse there -- >> come on, don. this is my career! it's all i've got. >> thank you, dean. >>> up next, our moment of the week. and it is a pretty one. you had your shoulder pointed, you kept your eyes on your target. let's do it again -- watch me. just like that one... [ male announcer ] the durability of the volkswagen passat. pass down something he will be grateful for. that's the power of german engineering. ♪ back to you. [ male announcer ] how do you make 70,000 trades a second... ♪ reach one customer at a time? ♪ or help doctors turn billions of bytes of shared information... ♪ into a fifth anniversary of remission? ♪ whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services to help you solve it. whatever your business challenge, so, i'm working on a cistern intake valve, and the guy hands me a locknut wrench. no way! i'm like, w
especially when you attack people in power, billionaires, politicians, elected officials, we should have all the freedom in the world, especially in those areas. >> are you done? >> maybe. >> don't hurt yourself getting off your high horse there -- >> come on, don. this is my career! it's all i've got. >> thank you, dean. >>> up next, our moment of the week. and it is a pretty one. you had your shoulder pointed, you kept your eyes on your target. let's do...
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how are you going to get through a general election? is this the party that he's really for? immigration reform? he's going to find out pretty soon. >> richard, maria, i think, if anything, colin powell has began a debate and a discussion that's going to not end over night or bring us into the midterm elections and i'm glad he did. richard u maria, thank you for your time tonight. and i thank all of you were watching. i'm al sharpton. hardball starts right now. >>> pow, right in the kisser. let's play "hardball." ♪ >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. yesterday a day of infamy for the republican party. general colin powell told the vivid, nasty truth. he blasted his party, especially its leaders, for engaging in flagrant race-baiting. many of his points have been made on "hardball." the racist language about the president of the united states shucking and jiving, about him being lazy, the unending background assault of the birthers saying the president is not legitimate, not even an authentic american. again, the general did wh
how are you going to get through a general election? is this the party that he's really for? immigration reform? he's going to find out pretty soon. >> richard, maria, i think, if anything, colin powell has began a debate and a discussion that's going to not end over night or bring us into the midterm elections and i'm glad he did. richard u maria, thank you for your time tonight. and i thank all of you were watching. i'm al sharpton. hardball starts right now. >>> pow, right in...
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they decided the election. >> cenk: i think 76% is too low. which lgbt is voting for republicans these days. [ laughter ] >> cenk: the nones not affiliated with any religion are 20% of the country and went to obama, but they have zero political power. they're not focused. they don't make demands. they're not an activist group that say take us seriously and don't have the money to back it up. that's an enormous difference. giglio he's fighting against sex slavery, et cetera. >> very important work in that reward. some say this happened 15 years ago. is it fair to say this is the guy we draw the line on? >> other prominent speaker had evolved. had he evolved i think people would have given him a pass. he demonstrated that he hasn't evolved. you mentioned things he wrote in his withdrawing from the inauguration statement. there was some, you know, certain like dog whistling about not being aevolved at all. i will most certainly pray for him on inauguration day. our nation is divided. >> cenk: let me give the audience one last quote from giglio. t
they decided the election. >> cenk: i think 76% is too low. which lgbt is voting for republicans these days. [ laughter ] >> cenk: the nones not affiliated with any religion are 20% of the country and went to obama, but they have zero political power. they're not focused. they don't make demands. they're not an activist group that say take us seriously and don't have the money to back it up. that's an enormous difference. giglio he's fighting against sex slavery, et cetera. >>...
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this is not an easy issue for many elected figures. the mayor chose to set up again and again, bringing other like- minded mayors together. and he did so consistently and his leadership matters now. in colorado and wisconsin and in connecticut, there is a larger envelope to put together common sense things to pevent violence thatun has taken too many lives from us. we believe this issue is of paramount importance and there is no more important responsibility any government has than protecting its citizens. over a 10-year period of time, two of the three cities in america which drove down violent crime have been new york, and also just behind new york, has been baltimore. new york was number two, baltimore was three. so preventing violent crime, keeping assault weapons from the hands of disturbed people -- these are not barometric pressures or weather forces, brought about by the gulf stream. these are human problems. mayor, you will be pleased to hear in maryland we are taking up this issue again and i do believe we shall have success.
this is not an easy issue for many elected figures. the mayor chose to set up again and again, bringing other like- minded mayors together. and he did so consistently and his leadership matters now. in colorado and wisconsin and in connecticut, there is a larger envelope to put together common sense things to pevent violence thatun has taken too many lives from us. we believe this issue is of paramount importance and there is no more important responsibility any government has than protecting...
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and congratulations on your re-election. >> thank you. >> congressman, governor scott has repeatedly turned down the offer of federal funds that would allow parents to care for their children at home. in the interest of transparency, we cared for my own disabled brother at home until he died. but florida has planned structured and administered a system of care that has led to the unnecessary separation and isolation of hundreds of children in nursing facilities. congressman, what kind of person is it that chooses to target the most defenseless and weakest members of our society? >> a sick, cruel, sadistic person who happened to be elected governor despite the fact that he committed the largest fraud against medicare in our history. i have to tell you that sometimes the judgment of the voters is almost inexplicable. we've taken somebody who has an appalling record, a callousness to him that's manifested, dishonesty that's manifest and we made him governor of the third largest state in the country. the results is shocking. you say maybe tony sparano could have done worse. maybe not. it
and congratulations on your re-election. >> thank you. >> congressman, governor scott has repeatedly turned down the offer of federal funds that would allow parents to care for their children at home. in the interest of transparency, we cared for my own disabled brother at home until he died. but florida has planned structured and administered a system of care that has led to the unnecessary separation and isolation of hundreds of children in nursing facilities. congressman, what...
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we are going to make it hard for these minorities to vote as they did in the last election. what did this produce? the court struck most of that down. most importantly, it caused people to turn out and stand in line because these republicans were trying to keep us from voting. >> gene, the leaders is what he talked about. he wants the leaders to lead the party. you think about speaker boehner, when he publicly says i can't corral, i can't stop the birthers from talking the way they talk, that's just their opinion. and you hear people like john sununu, who i thought was a heavyweight republican for years, using terms -- why doesn't the president learn how to be an american? it's not just the one line, it's lots of lines. >> you're absolutely right because the leadership of the republican party as most people see it is the leadership in congress. it's john boehner and mitch mcconnell -- >> and priebus. >> and reince priebus, and if those people aren't realizing the demographic realities, aren't realizing that the party has to be a big tent party if it's ever going to win natio
we are going to make it hard for these minorities to vote as they did in the last election. what did this produce? the court struck most of that down. most importantly, it caused people to turn out and stand in line because these republicans were trying to keep us from voting. >> gene, the leaders is what he talked about. he wants the leaders to lead the party. you think about speaker boehner, when he publicly says i can't corral, i can't stop the birthers from talking the way they talk,...
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not into effect but before the people or judgment had a statewide election. they wouldn't do it. so i had to go to the people directly through the california initiative. they voted by 55%, saying, yes, raise these taxes and help our schools and help our universities. so that was the way to break the log jam. >> reporter: are you saying that's the only way to get some meeting between the two parties? >> no. reporter: which isn't really meeting. >> other than violence. how else can you get it? i took the republicans to my law office in sacramento on more than one occasion. i got them expensive wine. i met their wives i went to their homes and offices. they came down to meet with me on sunday morning, in the evening. here's problem. the republicans are in different localities than the democrats. they're not even in san francisco. they're not in los angeles. they're in fresno. they're in bakersfield. those people in that community are more conservative. they don't want any taxes. the tax word is very powerful. for the republicans they're doing what their neighbors and constituents wa
not into effect but before the people or judgment had a statewide election. they wouldn't do it. so i had to go to the people directly through the california initiative. they voted by 55%, saying, yes, raise these taxes and help our schools and help our universities. so that was the way to break the log jam. >> reporter: are you saying that's the only way to get some meeting between the two parties? >> no. reporter: which isn't really meeting. >> other than violence. how else...
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office is more important than the business they have been elected to do in washington. but when you think about this issue, i mean, 26 7-year-olds. since newtown, another 800 americans killed from guns and the congress is saying that a ban on assault weapons and a background check for all gun sales is just too radical? when 87 americans die every day. the system's broken. all these members of congress have been sort of trained to do. i mean, remember, there are congress people. we put them there. now they're more concerned about the threats from the nra. if they vote for common sense gun violence prevention laws they might face a challenger which might mean they get voted out of office and they no longer have the free health care and free travel. this is truth is stranger than fiction. it's a public health crisis in this country and they're saying that the debt ceiling is more important than 87 dead americans a day including 3,000 americans every month. that's the equivalent of a 9/11 every month. and these cowards in congress can't put public safety in front of self pr
office is more important than the business they have been elected to do in washington. but when you think about this issue, i mean, 26 7-year-olds. since newtown, another 800 americans killed from guns and the congress is saying that a ban on assault weapons and a background check for all gun sales is just too radical? when 87 americans die every day. the system's broken. all these members of congress have been sort of trained to do. i mean, remember, there are congress people. we put them...
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they have elections scheduled for june. that is going to perhaps shape the direction -- we hope it will shape it in a positive way that they will back down from their aspirations for nuclear technology and nuclear weapons. but the first issue is keep the pressure on. as the president has said and as chuck hagel will say, we need every option on the table. we have to assess all those options. and one of the things interesting about this issue of temperament there, i know there's a close relationship between the president and chuck hagel. i've traveled with them. i understand it, but i also understand that chuck has the wherewithal and the ability to speak truth to power. he's demonstrated that throughout his entire career. that is a value that is extraordinarily important to the president, and i think he recognizes that, and that willing one of his virtues as secretary of defense. >> senator reed emphasizes pressure but one of the points that robert jarvis makes is get more creative on the carrot you'll offer to iran so ther
they have elections scheduled for june. that is going to perhaps shape the direction -- we hope it will shape it in a positive way that they will back down from their aspirations for nuclear technology and nuclear weapons. but the first issue is keep the pressure on. as the president has said and as chuck hagel will say, we need every option on the table. we have to assess all those options. and one of the things interesting about this issue of temperament there, i know there's a close...
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once he lost big in the first off election year, 2010, he would come to the center. he didn't do that. and so now you see our house conference. i was just there yesterday. they are more focused than ever to engage in this fight, whether it's going to be during the debt limit debate that will come in two months or we have a c. o. debate, which the government is only funded through the end of march this year. so to fund the government for the rest of the year we will have another opportunity for a spending fight. but you have people that are now ready to engage in a way like never before to make sure we reform spending and save the country. >> we mentioned one of the things you did sponsor was a piece of legislation that says you will freeze the pay for members of congress. a lot of people would say bravo. if you don't reduce the deficit, maybe there ought to be a reduction in pay. everyone knew in washington you had this deadline and nobody seemed to get serious about it until about midnight on put 1st of december. >> simpson-bowles made a recommendation we should hav
once he lost big in the first off election year, 2010, he would come to the center. he didn't do that. and so now you see our house conference. i was just there yesterday. they are more focused than ever to engage in this fight, whether it's going to be during the debt limit debate that will come in two months or we have a c. o. debate, which the government is only funded through the end of march this year. so to fund the government for the rest of the year we will have another opportunity for...
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we've done some research, polled independent women right after the election. we asked independent women. no democrats, no republicans, just independent women, you know, when hearing that there's a historic number of democratic women elected, did you think it would make a different? only 8% said no. so there's a call for women with the right priorities to move this country forecast. you really think that testosterone is the problem with getting things done in washington? >> well, there's lots of challenges in moving policy forward here, but we know -- and there's research after research. that when you have an equal number of women and men sitting at the table, whether it's a negotiating table in congress or a corporate boardroom, you end up with better policies. we have found that businesses and corporations have actually profited when they have more women on their corporate boards. we need to do a better job across the country of recruiting women to run for office, supporting the women and getting their voices there. it's really a different mind-set. i'm not s
we've done some research, polled independent women right after the election. we asked independent women. no democrats, no republicans, just independent women, you know, when hearing that there's a historic number of democratic women elected, did you think it would make a different? only 8% said no. so there's a call for women with the right priorities to move this country forecast. you really think that testosterone is the problem with getting things done in washington? >> well, there's...
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poorly in regional elections. for them to be organized to run an election in the short term will be very -- it had challenges. in any way, putting down the opposition thing, that's a real challenge to get reorganized to raise the money they need, select a candidate and it going. it's very difficult for them. you have got this strange thing. you have the opposition, which is outraged by a whole bunch of things, but there is no international authority that is going to say, a supreme court must accept the description of the supreme court and its independence or lack thereof, but there is no independent body that will gain a decision by supreme court have any country in the world. not going to do anything. that's not what they do. so the opposition, i think, rightly frustrated by what they need to do is take that energy and focus on getting prepared to run a presidential election at some point, whether that is in a month or two months or six months. the need to be ready to go. of really glad that you brought into the
poorly in regional elections. for them to be organized to run an election in the short term will be very -- it had challenges. in any way, putting down the opposition thing, that's a real challenge to get reorganized to raise the money they need, select a candidate and it going. it's very difficult for them. you have got this strange thing. you have the opposition, which is outraged by a whole bunch of things, but there is no international authority that is going to say, a supreme court must...
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you compare that to 2008/2009, 2008 election/2009 inauguration, it was almost 2 million. 1.8. those of us in the in business community would love to see 2 million people in our city, but no, we are not looking anywhere near those numbers. >> reporter: so you heard not as many people this time but still, hundreds of thousands of people expected to descend on the mall. you don't need tickets to descend on the mall. you do to have be in the seats behind us it will be a boone to businesses. one thing the chamber of commerce president told us there is hotel space you as long as you are willing to spend a good chunk of change, $600 a night. >> if you have the money, there's always room. we know if the president or any other officials are actually part of the run-through or will be part of a run-through? >> reporter: no not part of the run-through, just the stand-s in, the official swearing in is taking place next sunday i january 20th, its constitutionally mandated day that the president must be sworn in, but the big public ceremony will be on monday and we are certainly hoping that
you compare that to 2008/2009, 2008 election/2009 inauguration, it was almost 2 million. 1.8. those of us in the in business community would love to see 2 million people in our city, but no, we are not looking anywhere near those numbers. >> reporter: so you heard not as many people this time but still, hundreds of thousands of people expected to descend on the mall. you don't need tickets to descend on the mall. you do to have be in the seats behind us it will be a boone to businesses....
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, in the 2012 election cycle. major bloomberg spent 13 million in the last election cycle. so we talk about this big, powerful lobby. there are a lot of other special interest groups that have a lot more money, including individuals who are funding anti-gun efforts. >> so you're saying -- >> no, it wasn't anti-gun, but mayor bloomberg spent $13 million in the last election cycle, so there is a lot of money that's going to be poured into this. the nra is going to be dwarfed. they are not by any means the largest special interests in politics. and the reality, charles, the one thing you have to acknowledge when we talk about the politics of this, is that the assault on weapons ban wasn't renewed in 2004, and democrats, largely credit, not large -- but credit in part their loss of congress in 1994 to the pass on the assault weapons ban. the truth is, this isn't, as you point out, anderson, a partisan issue. this is gun owners -- the nra has a-listers -- >> but your position on nra is based on money. to your point, th
, in the 2012 election cycle. major bloomberg spent 13 million in the last election cycle. so we talk about this big, powerful lobby. there are a lot of other special interest groups that have a lot more money, including individuals who are funding anti-gun efforts. >> so you're saying -- >> no, it wasn't anti-gun, but mayor bloomberg spent $13 million in the last election cycle, so there is a lot of money that's going to be poured into this. the nra is going to be dwarfed. they are...
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if the fiscal cliff negotiations proved anything, it's that like high schoolers, our elected leaders are worried more about popularity than actually accomplishing something. we ask only are they conservative enough? are they liberal enough? well, that's the way teenagers evaluate one another? is it she praut enough? is he cool enough? who cares if she's failing math or he's dealing drugs after school? voters need only be reminded that kids today will be running the country tomorrow. let's teach them all a valuable lesson by finally hold our representatives to higher standards. because the message to kids and congress is the same, you aren't special just for existing. that does it for "the cycle." martin, krystal has a message. >> very quickly want to wish my mother and sister heidi a happy birthday. >> that's lovely. many, many warmest congratulations to them. thank you for sharing that. and good afternoon. it's tuesday, january the 8th, and we are two years removed from the tragedy in tucson. two years and 11 more mass shootings in america. >> breaking news from gabrielle giffords.
if the fiscal cliff negotiations proved anything, it's that like high schoolers, our elected leaders are worried more about popularity than actually accomplishing something. we ask only are they conservative enough? are they liberal enough? well, that's the way teenagers evaluate one another? is it she praut enough? is he cool enough? who cares if she's failing math or he's dealing drugs after school? voters need only be reminded that kids today will be running the country tomorrow. let's teach...
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the writers did not elect anyone this year, the first time that's happened in 17 years. the legendary players that you're about to hear did make it to the hall of fame, and now they are headed to the library of congress. we'll give you a listen, next. next. you know how painful heartburn can be. for fast, long lasting relief use doctor recommended gaviscon®. only gaviscon® forms a protective barrier that helps block stomach acid from splashing up- relieving the pain quickly. try fast, long lasting gaviscon®. if you have high blood pressure and get a cold get coricidin hbp. the number one pharmacist recommended cold brand designed for people with high blood pressure. and the only one i use to relieve my cold symptoms without raising my blood pressure. coricidin hbp. mine was earned in djibouti, africa, 2004. the battle of bataan 1942. [ all ] fort benning, georgia, in 1999. [ male announcer ] usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaa's commitment to serve the military, vetera
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especially when you attack people in power, billionaires, politicians, elected officials, we should have all the freedom in the world, especially in those areas. >> are you done? >> maybe. >> don't hurt yourself getting off your high horse there -- >> come on, don. this is my career! it's all i've got. >> thank you, dean. >>> up next, our moment of the week. and it is a pretty one. ♪ hi dad. many years from now, when the subaru is theirs... hey. you missed a spot. ...i'll look back on this day and laugh. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. [ male announcer ] how do you turn an entrepreneur's dream... ♪ into a scooter that talks to the cloud? ♪ or turn 30-million artifacts... ♪ into a high-tech masterpiece? ♪ whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services to help you solve it. and his new boss told him two things -- cook what you love, and save your money. joe doesn't know it yet, but he'll work his way up from busser to waiter to chef before opening a restaurant specializing in fish and game from the great northwest. he'll start investing early, he
especially when you attack people in power, billionaires, politicians, elected officials, we should have all the freedom in the world, especially in those areas. >> are you done? >> maybe. >> don't hurt yourself getting off your high horse there -- >> come on, don. this is my career! it's all i've got. >> thank you, dean. >>> up next, our moment of the week. and it is a pretty one. ♪ hi dad. many years from now, when the subaru is theirs... hey. you...